5 Top philosophy books like Should We Go Extinct?: A Philosophical Dilemma for Our Unbearable Times by Todd May

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Should We Go Extinct?: A Philosophical Dilemma for Our Unbearable Times

By: Todd May

3.51

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Should we bring new humans into the world? Or would it be better off without us? These days it’s…

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1. The Soul of the Marionette: A Short Inquiry into Human Freedom

By: John Gray

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Compared with that of humans, the life of the marionette looks more like an enviable state of freed… read more

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2. The Age of Grievance

By: Frank Bruni

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful e… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

By: Bill Maher

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, m… read more

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4. Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

By: Lisa Kaltenegger

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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5. Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

By: Kyle Chayka

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A history and investigation of a world ruled by algorithms, which determine the shape of culture it… read more

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6. Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There

By: Tali Sharot

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Thinking Fast and Slow and The Power of Habit , a groundbreaking new study of how disru… read more

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7. An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence

By: Zeinab Badawi

3.97

Format: 531 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone. For too long, Afric… read more

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8. Jumpnauts

By: Hao Jingfang

3.33

Format: 368 pages, ebook

From the Hugo Award­–winning author of Folding Beijing comes a gripping science fiction thriller in… read more

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"Ren."

-Hao Jingfang, Jumpnauts

"I reject aspects of Confucianism that emphasize hierarchy in relations, obedience to authority, and all the rites and restrictive rules of propriety,"

-Hao Jingfang, Jumpnauts

"Chang Tian chuckled. “When I was in the kitchen, I heard the three of you debate ‘good relationships.’ My goodness, you’re all theory with no practical knowledge at all. What do you know about health…"

-Hao Jingfang, Jumpnauts

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9. Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

By: Venki Ramakrishnan

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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10. When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

By: John Ganz

4.23

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A lively, revelatory look back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era―and their dark legac… read more

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11. Rejection: Fiction

By: Tony Tulathimutte

4.34

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the Whiting and O. Henry–winning author of Private Citizens (“the first great millennial novel… read more

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"Identity is diet history, single serving sociology; at its worst, a partriotism of trauma, or a prothesis of personality. Privilege discourse a well-meaning attempt to balance scales that have become…"

-Tony Tulathimutte, Rejection: Fiction

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12. Growth: A Reckoning

By: Daniel Susskind

3.92

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

A revelatory account of the past, present, and future of economic growth - and how we should rethin… read more

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Cover of The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI by Ray Kurzweil

13. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

By: Ray Kurzweil

3.93

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explor… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • science
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14. Autocracy, Inc.

By: Anne Applebaum

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man … read more

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"Americans who rarely think about Russia would be stunned to learn how much time Russian state television devotes to America’s culture wars, especially arguments over gender. Putin himself has display…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"Isolationism is an instinctive and even understandable reaction to the ugliness of the modern interconnected world. For some politicians in democracies, it will continue to offer a successful path to…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

"The temptation of what is sometimes called realism—the belief that nations are solely motivated by a struggle for power, that they have eternal interests and permanent geopolitical orientations—is as…"

-Anne Applebaum, Autocracy, Inc.

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15. Should We Go Extinct?: A Philosophical Dilemma for Our Unbearable Times

By: Todd May

3.51

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Should we bring new humans into the world? Or would it be better off without us? These days it’s… read more

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16. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

17. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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18. The Message

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.58

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more

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"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message

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19. How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

By: Johanna Hedva

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism th… read more

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20. The Interpretation of Cats: Understanding the Psychology of Our Feline Companions

By: Claude Béata

3.71

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of such beloved bestsellers as The Lion in the Living Room and Inside of a Dog com… read more

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Cover of American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond by Jeremy Dauber

21. American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond

By: Jeremy Dauber

3.71

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of American Comics and Jewish Comedy comes a sweeping and entertaining na… read more

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18 must-read nonfiction books like Should We Go Extinct?: A Philosophical Dilemma for Our Unbearable Times by Todd May

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The Age of Grievance

Frank Bruni

4.13

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What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

Bill Maher

4.27

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Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

Lisa Kaltenegger

4.08

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Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture

Kyle Chayka

3.68

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Service Model

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Mirrored Heavens (Between Earth and Sky, #3)

Rebecca Roanhorse

4.31

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The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain

Sofia Samatar

3.94

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Mal Goes to War: A Novel

Edward Ashton

3.99

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